Week 15 Quiz

In this course, what does the term metacognition mean for a writer?

Select one.

• Noticing how you write and why you make the choices you make
• Summarizing what each week of a writing course covered
• Reading a finished draft one last time for typos and punctuation
• Collecting every draft you wrote into a single folder

A student writes four sentences for an end-of-course reflection on the running draft, an illustrative essay arguing for phone-free lecture sections by default. Which sentence passes both parts of the two-part test for reflection, specific and evidence-based?

Select one.

• "I learned a lot in this course, and my writing got so much better because I worked really hard."
• "I learned how to revise a body paragraph, which is a skill I did not have before."
• "In the running draft's body paragraph, I turned the opening complaint into a claim and added the study as evidence."
• "Throughout this course, I have grown tremendously as a writer and gained confidence."

A student's reflection says, "I learned how to revise a body paragraph." Which part of the two-part test for reflection does the sentence miss, and why?

Select one.

• Specific, because revising a body paragraph is not a skill or a move a writer can name
• Evidence-based, because it points to no essay or paragraph where the skill shows
• Both parts, because any one-sentence reflection is too short to pass
• Neither part, because naming a skill is all a reflection needs to do

True or false: A chatbot's reflection that reads "I have learned to embrace the writing process and to express my ideas with clarity and confidence" passes the two-part test for reflection, because it is fluent and names the writing process.

True or false.

• True
• False

A student sets the Week 1 diagnostic beside a later essay. The diagnostic's opening ends, "In this essay I will discuss both sides." The later essay's introduction ends on an arguable, specific thesis. Which sentence uses the diagnostic as a baseline?

Select one.

• "My writing improved a great deal between the diagnostic and my final essay."
• "My diagnostic was rough, so I left it out and kept only my best work."
• "Week 4 of the course covered thesis statements and the thesis impostors."
• "My diagnostic ended on 'In this essay I will discuss both sides,' and my essay now ends on a thesis."

The running draft's weak body paragraph (6 sentences, 36 words) became a revised paragraph of 4 sentences in which the complaint became a claim, the Wi-Fi sentence that broke unity was cut, evidence was added with its citation, and an explanation and a link were added. How should a reflection name this change?

Select one.

• As revision, because every change re-saw what the paragraph claims and proves
• As editing, because the sentences were polished until they read smoothly and correctly
• As proofreading, because the final pass fixed the paragraph's punctuation
• As local editing, because the paragraph is a single part of the essay

In a reflective cover letter, a student writes, "My biggest revision this term was fixing all the commas in my research paper." Which word should the student use for that change?

Select one.

• Revision, because any change made after a first draft is a revision
• Global revision, because the commas appear throughout the whole paper
• Editing, because comma fixes work on sentences and surface
• Transfer, because the comma rules came from an earlier week

A student building a writing portfolio has a folder holding every draft, exercise, and essay from the course. Which plan makes a curated portfolio?

Select one.

• Upload the whole folder so that no piece of work goes unseen
• Choose a few pieces, give each a rationale, and leave out a piece that repeats a skill
• Choose the longest essays, because length shows the most effort
• Put the pieces in the order they were written and add no explanation

Which of these are among the four jobs of the reflective cover letter? Select all that apply.

Select every option that applies.

• Saying what was chosen for the portfolio
• Saying why those pieces were chosen
• Saying what was learned, with evidence from the pieces
• Saying how the work was revised
• Summarizing what the course covered week by week
• Reporting how many hours the writer spent on each essay

Which sentence names a transfer, a named skill carried into a new place?

Select one.

• "These skills will help me in the future, wherever I end up."
• "I learned a lot about writing, and I feel more confident now."
• "Writing well matters in every career, so this course was useful to me."
• "I will run a reverse outline on my lab report's discussion section."